Food & Beverage Director

Addington Place at Titusville -; Titusville (FL); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hcshiring is seeking a Food & Beverage Director to lead the culinary services for a senior living community in Titusville, FL. You will manage daily dining operations, develop menus, ensure safety and sanitation, and drive quality meals for residents.

You will oversee staffing, budgeting, reporting, and collaboration with the administrative team to maintain high service standards while upholding dietary regulations and community policies.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in food production/management preferred.
• Must have Serve Safe certification or be certified within 90 days.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Oversee daily culinary services operations and staffing.
• Develop weekly menus and pricing for communities.
• Ensure sanitation and safety compliance with regulations.
• Maintain kitchen and dining area cleanliness.
• Prepare monthly food service reports and manage budgets.
• Lead recruitment, training, and performance evaluations.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Menu planning

Sanitation compliance

Communication

Microsoft Office

Ausbildung

Degree in Culinary Arts

Serve Safe certification

Jobbeschreibung

Purpose:

The Food & BeverageDirector has overall responsibility for the daily operations of the culinaryservices department. This position is responsible for performing all duties in aprofessional manner at all times and in compliance with established Communitypolicies & procedures. The Food & Beverage Director ensures thatResidents are provided a high-quality culinary experience and that the kitchenservices areas are adequately staffed and that the highest quality standardsare met. The Food & Beverage Director prepares and services meals in a safeand appetizing manner that is in compliance with dietary standards andCommunity food-related policies & procedures. The Food & BeverageDirector may also be called upon to create, price, and execute menus forCommunity and private Resident events.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall financial and operational functions relatedto dining room service and culinary operations.
• Creates and plans weekly menus for the IL Communities. Follows Dietitianapproved menus for AL and MC communities.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local sanitationregulations.
• Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of all work areas.
• Conducts routine safety and sanitation inspections utilizing the self-inspectiondocument of dining room, food storage areas, chemical storage areas, and foodreceiving area. Communicates action items to VP Food and Beverage, PlantOperations Director and Executive Director.
• Demonstrates attention to detail with regard to food quality,presentation, and dining room environmental standards.
• Develops and maintains food service quality, objectives, and standards.
• Develops and maintains a good working relationship with Communityadministrative team members, as well as networking with other communities toassure that the services offered can be properly maintained to meet the needsof the Residents.
• Prepares all monthly food service reports.
• Maintains food and supply expenses to budget or forecast.
• Places orders for food and supplies through authorized vendors.
• Completes physical food and supply inventories prior to placing orders.
• Plans, develops, organizes, implements, evaluates, and directs theoperations in food and beverage services.
• Makes written and oral reports/recommendations to the Executive Directorconcerning the operations of the food service department in the Community.
• Maintains daily log of freezer, refrigeration, dishwasher, 3 compartmentsink and hot and cold food holding temperatures.
• Assures that the Community kitchen is maintained in a clean and safemanner, ensuring that high-quality food service safety and sanitation standardsare met.
• Supports the Community sales efforts with catering agendas for marketingevents and is responsible to provide catering services for Community-wideprograms and authorized private Resident affairs, etc. Utilizing the communityevent form to ensure proper communication regarding all events.
• Followsall emergency procedures.
• Understandsall safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure thatthere is always a 72-hour emergency food and drinking water supply anddisposable supply per regulations.
• Exhibitsa sincere enthusiasm for working with the Community's senior population.
• Iscreative, energetic, patient, flexible, encouraging, and team oriented.
• Displayspatience, tact, enthusiasm, and a cheerful disposition with team membersand residents.
• Promotesthe AgeWell Solvere Living Managed Community in a positive manner andeffectively communicates Community values to residents, visitors, and teammembers.
• Maintain confidentiality of all pertinentresident care information to ensure resident rights are protected.
• Managesdepartmental staffing and labor costs, including overtime.
• Recruits,orientates, trains and evaluates all culinary services staff.
• Assuresdining room services provider is performing contract-specificresponsibilities.
• Responsiblefor overseeing culinary services calendar with regard to holidays andrequested special events.
• Performs other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Degreein Culinary Arts preferred.
• 3to 5 years' previous experience in food production/management.
• Musthave a Serve Safe certification or become certified within 90 days of hiredate.
• Musthave basic knowledge of food preparation procedures, proper dining roomservice etiquette, as well as related Health Department regulations andguidelines pertaining to food service operations.
• Basicknowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook), aswell as familiarity with the Internet and its search tools.
• Strongorganizational, oral, and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and ability to work with minimalsupervision.
• Results oriented.
• Customer service orientation.
• A proven team player.
• Physicallyable to bend and reach.
• Physicallyable to push and pull and lift up to 40-50 pounds as needed.
• Physicallyable to stand for extended periods of time.
• Abilityto work in a hot/humid environment for extended periods of time.
• Candetermine food quality and palatability through taste and smell.